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Huber Heights swears in newest firefighters, cites apprenticeship push to boost staffing
Summary
City leaders and fire officials introduced more than a dozen new hires — including high-school apprentices and firefighter-EMTs — as part of a multi-year effort to expand daily staffing and build a training pipeline.
Fire Chief Keith Kneisley and city leaders introduced more than a dozen newly hired firefighters at the Huber Heights City Council meeting on Oct. 27, outlining a multi-year strategy that combines firefighter-EMT hires, apprenticeships and targeted recruitment to increase daily staffing.
The presentation, delivered during the council’s regular session, highlighted that the city ‘‘now have[s] a full staff of 48 fire firefighters,’’ and that the department has added 14 positions over the last three years. ‘‘We're forecasting about 60% of the year we'll have 18 [on duty],’’ Kneisley said, and noted a daily staffing average of 17 per day under current operations.
The hires included firefighter-paramedics, firefighter-EMTs and several participants in a new…
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